Answer to "Ignominy" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHAME which also is the latest solution we found used in Boston Globe in 2013.

Ignominy crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SHAME	66 %	5
ODIUM	14 %	5
DISGRACE	11 %	8
DISREPUTE	3 %	9
DISHONOR	3 %	8
SCANDAL	3 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ignominy

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• disgrace
• shame
• scandal
• outrage
• sickness
• ignominious
• indignity
• humiliation
• ignominous
• embarrassment
• embarassment
• misery

Crossword Answer definitions

SHAME noun

1. Uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
2. Something to regret.
3. Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
4. The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
5. That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.

SHAME interjection

1. A cry of admonition for the subject of a speech, either to denounce the speaker or to agree with the speaker's denunciation of some person or matter; often used reduplicated, especially in political debates.
2. Expressing sympathy.

SHAME verb

1. To cause to feel shame.
2. To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
3. To drive or compel by shame.
4. To feel shame, be ashamed.
5. To mock at; to deride.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SHAME

• Dishonor
• Show up
• Put to __ (outdo)
• Helping of humble pie
• Flush causer
• Ignominy
• Salman Rushdie novel
• Disgrace
• Make blush
• Public humiliation

More clues leading to the result ODIUM

• Hatred
• Unfavorable renown
• Sheer loathing
• Detestation
• Dislike, plus
• Repugnance
• Hatred or disgrace
• State of hate
• Abhorrence
• Intense antipathy

More clues leading to the result DISGRACE

• Shame
• Ignominy.
• Ignominy
• Black spot
• A politician may resign in it
• Loss of reputation

More clues leading to the result DISREPUTE

• Ignominy

More clues leading to the result DISHONOR

• Bring shame upon
• Shame
• Worst fate for a Klingon
• Stain
• Use calumny
• Ignominy
• Dreaded fate for a samurai
• Infamy
• "Judge Judy's freezing! Put ___"

More clues leading to the result SCANDAL

• Hit TV show about Olivia Pope's crisis management firm
• Tiger is involved in one now
• Tabloid fodder
• Tunagate or Watergate, e.g.
• Tabloid topic
• Frequent subject of "The E! True Hollywood Story"
• It's often behind a cover-up
• Sensational misdoings
• What "-gate" may indicate
• Event triggering public outrage